Black memorabilia is still one of the hottest areas of collecting today. Hundreds of kitchen items, wall pockets, mammy memos, salt and peppers, cookie jars, advertising, household goods, and ephemera depicting black people are shown in hundreds of color photos with price guide included.

Jan Lindenberger has been involved with antiques of all kinds since 1972. Between then and 1981, she opened a display in an antique mall and eventually opened her own shop. In 1981, she first published The Antique Buyer's Guide.